Evening gown. Materials: Silk, beads, imitation pearls. Techniques: Satin with beaded net over satin; tunic with points and tassels; bodice has pearls, net lace inset. Colors: Cream over yellow; pink lace inset. Dimensions: 59 inches long with train, 7 inch sleeves.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Paris, Ile-De-France, Île-de-France
Verbatim coll. place:
France, Paris
Culture or time period:
European
Collector:
Walter Perry Johnson
Materials:
Metal, Satin, and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments) and Lace (needlework)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)